Our Whistleblowers Service

Employment law provides wide ranging protection for whistleblowers at work.

A whistleblower is a person who makes a disclosure about matters such as criminal offences, breaches of legal obligations and health and safety matters in the public interest. This can extend to disclosures concerning, for example, the breach of employment contracts of a group of employees.

How are whistleblowers protected?

Whistleblowers are protected from unfair dismissal (including constructive dismissal). This means that if you are dismissed or forced to resign as a result of blowing the whistle, you have been unfairly dismissed and are entitled to bring a claim in the Employment Tribunal.

Whistleblowers are also entitled to compensation if they are subjected to a detriment as a result of blowing the whistle. This could include, for example, being subjected to disciplinary action, a demotion or the loss of a benefit as a result of making a disclosure.

The level of protection afforded to whistleblowers is higher than the norm and includes the following:

  • No qualifying period of employment is required to make a whistleblowing claim;
  • Employment Tribunal awards are unlimited and can include awards for “injury to feelings” similar to those made in discrimination cases. There are a number of examples where whistleblowers have been awarded compensation in the hundreds of thousands of pounds;
  • The protection is afforded not only to employees but also to former employees, directors, contractors, agency workers and some partners and LLP members.

How we can help

In order to achieve whistleblower protection, individuals must ensure that they make a disclosure in the public interest, that it has relevant content and has been raised in an appropriate manner. Whistleblowers will also need to consider whether to use any internal whistleblowing policy that the employer has adopted.

Our Employment lawyers are experienced in advising potential whistleblowers on these issues. We also assist whistleblowers assert their rights not to be unfairly and unlawfully treated as a consequence of having made a disclosure in the public interest.

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Our Employment Approach

Our specialist team of employment solicitors is described in the independent Legal 500 directory as “excellent”.  In addition, both Partners in our team are recommended by the Legal 500.  Therefore, you can be reassured that you will deal with some of the best employment solicitors in the country.

We are determined and robust on your behalf, but also easy to deal with and clear in our advice.  We will fight your corner but understand that a common sense approach is often required in order to find solutions that work for you in the context of your professional and personal circumstances.

In particular, we offer:

  • Clear and straightforward advice.
  • Cost-effective support and certainty on costs where you need it.
  • Extensive experience of advising senior executives, directors, partners and others with complex employment concerns, including discrimination issues and group claims.
  • A credible team that is used to dealing with and acting against large employers and law firms on behalf of our clients.

Our Approach to Costs

We know that clarity on costs is vitally important to our clients. As standard practice, we give our clients an estimate of the costs involved in undertaking any piece of work at the outset. We then provide costs updates on a regular basis.

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Our Whistleblowing Experience

  • Advising a senior executive of a listed business in relation to a dispute with his employer, including allegations that he had been treated less favourably for raising whistleblowing concerns.
  • Defending whistleblowing allegations raised in the Employment Tribunal by a solicitor against a national law firm.
  • Dealing with an Employment Tribunal claim where allegations of financial irregularities had been raised by the Finance Director and he had been dismissed as a result.

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Why Work With Our Employment Team?

In particular, our employment lawyers offer the following:

  • City centre standards of employment law advice and service levels due to our policy of recruiting only the best specialist employment solicitors from leading firms.
  • Clear and straightforward UK employment law advice that is user-friendly, pragmatic, and commercial.
  • Extensive experience in dealing with various employers, employees, and employment law disputes, giving you fast, helpful counsel based on knowledge of your business, its history, and pressures.
  • A credible team of employment law solicitors that are used to dealing with and providing legal representation against large employers and law firms on behalf of our clients.
  • A partner-led service and a genuinely accessible team of experienced employment law solicitors due to our size, structure, and unique culture.
  • Cost-effective support tailored to your unique employment issues and certainty on costs where you need it.

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Testimonials

Meet Our Employment Solicitors

Home-grown or recruited from national, regional or City firms. Our employment lawyers are experts in their fields and respected by their peers.

Joanne Evans

Joanne Evans

Jo is a Partner and Head of our Employment Team

Joanne Henderson

Joanne Henderson

Jo is a Partner in both our Employment and Compliance Teams

Charlotte Gilbert

Charlotte Gilbert

Charlotte is the Head of Myerson HR and a Partner in our Employment Team

Patrick Byrne

Patrick Byrne

Patrick is a Senior Associate in our Employment Team

Jack Latham

Jack Latham

Jack is a Senior Associate in our Employment Team

Vicki Fagan

Vicki Fagan

Vicki is an Associate in our Employment Team

Amy Salim

Amy Salim

Amy is a Solicitor in our Employment Team

Kurt Reilly

Kurt Reilly

Kurt is a Solicitor in our Employment Team

Victoria Evans

Victoria Evans

Victoria is a Trainee Solicitor in our Commercial Litigation Team

Meghan O'Rourke

Meghan O'Rourke

Meghan is a Senior Legal PA in our Employment Team

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